Thank you to all who attended!

Thank you for taking the time to attend the ITS Heartland’s 2023 Annual Meeting in St. Charles, MO!

Your contributions to the discussions and networking opportunities were invaluable. We had 40 exhibitors sharing important products and services from our region and 24 sponsors and over 200 attendees.

Presentations

Pothole CPR (Customer Proactive Reporting) – Randy Johnson and Michael Flory, KC Scout

TITAN – A Web-Based Platform for Transportation Data Integration, Visualization and Predictive Analytics – Yaw Adu-Gyamfi and Carlos Sun, University of Missouri – Columbia

I-270 Predictive Layered Operation Initiatives – Ploisongsaeng Intaratip, MoDOT and Mike Dolde, WSP

Technical Session 1A:

“What the Heck? It’s a Bird! It’s a Plan…TSMO to the Rescue!”

• Multi-Year Closure of Urban Interstates – TSMO Best Practices and Lessons Learned – Nick Johnson, HDR; Austin Yates, Iowa DOT
• SL District Wrong Way Driver Detection – ITS Solution – Eddie Watkins, Missouri DOT
• Gateway Green Light (GGL) Signal and ITS Partnership Between MODOT and St. Charles County – Jeff Baird, Missouri DOT SL; Jacob Becher, St. Charles County

Technical Session 1B:

“The Big Data Puzzle – Sorting Out the Pieces”

• Power Up Your EV Planning with Big Data – Fred Kreutzfeldt and Jim Hubbell, Streetlight Data
• Using Cloud Based Big Data for Signal Timing – John Albeck, Iteris, Inc.
• Characterizing Human Behavior to Improve Safety – Eldon Dehnert, Image Sensing Systems, Inc.

Technical Session 2A:

“Signals are Changing – The Who, What and Where“

• Signalized Intersection Performance Measures Without Hardware – Rick Ayers, Catt Lab
• Ames Traffic Signal Master Plan – A Phased Approach to ITS – Tyler Wiles, HR Green, Inc.; Collin Dyer, gbaSI 
• The Full Package: System and Networking Planning, Design, and Operations – Meredith Emory and Blake Hansen, Olsson

Technical Session 2B:

“Highway Heroes – Keeping Roadside Workers from Harm’s Way”

• Redefining Safety Service Patrols into Safety & Smart Communication Platform – Alan Heathman, Missouri DOT
• Putting Vulnerable Road Workers on the Map – Todd Foster, Ver-Mac, Inc.
• Connected Smart Regions – Improving Safety and Efficiency – Jason Sims, Kapsch Trafficcom

Technical Session 3A:

“TSMO – Taking the Wheel in the Heartland”

• Mainstreaming TSMO in the Heartland: Perspectives from Every State – Blake Hansen, Olsson; Tim Simodynes, Iowa DOT; Tom Hein, Kansas DOT; Alan Stevenson, Oklahoma DOT; Ray Shank, Missouri DOT; Tim Foss, Nebraska DOT

Technical Session 3B:

“ ‘Show Me the Money’ Congress Acted…Now What Do We Do?”

• Is Finding Funding A Problem? Resources and Solutions to Maximize Funding Opportunities – Alison Boan, Q-Free
• KDOT Statewide ITS Project – Taylor McHenry, HDR, Inc.; Chad Banka, Transystems
• How Transportation Won the World Cup for Kansas City – Matthew Volz, HDR, Inc.; Mandy Anderson, Garver

Best of ITS Project

St. Charles County Centralized Emergency Vehicle Preemption

St. Charles County

Amanda Brauer, Jeff Smith, and Jacob Becher

Best of ITS Product or Service

OKTraffic.org & The Drive Oklahoma App

Oklahoma DOT

Alan Stevenson